Tag: TELECOM

On May 2nd, AT&T will impose a broadband data cap for all DSL and U-Verse customers, after having already implemented similar usage limits for wireless users nearly a year ago. People connecting to the Internet through DSL will face a monthly limit of 150 gigabytes, while U-Verse users will be capped at 250 GB per month. Anyone exceeding these limits more than three times in three different ...

Yesterday, the House Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology voted to repeal the FCC's net neutrality rules, just a few weeks after House Republicans passed a resolution to defund the commission's controversial initiative. The Republican-controlled panel voted to overturn the FCC's regulations by a 15-8 vote, split along party lines. The FCC passed the rules in December, when the ...

We've been talking a lot recently about how the U.S. has gradually begun to lag behind the rest of the developed world when it comes to broadband Internet access. Now, a new study from the Commerce Department shows just how dire the situation has become. As the Huffington Post reports, about 40-percent of all Americans do not have high-speed Internet access in their homes. As you'd imagine, the ...